קָטַל qâṭal

Meaning

properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death

In the King James Version: kill, slay.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Job 13:15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Job 24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
• Psalms 139:19 O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—